Casting lure



March 27, 1951 W. M. GAMBILL CASTING LURE Filed Nov. 19, 1946 PatentedMar. 27, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CASTING LURE William M.Gambill, Abilene, Tex.

Application November 19, 1946, Serial No. 710,807

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to fish lures.

An object of this invention is to provide a fish lure formed with arubber skirt which is so constructed and arranged as to provideincreased movement or agitation to the lure as it moves relative to thewater.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved rubber skirtor streamer for a lure having a hook wherein the skirt is formed ofoverlapping body portions which are secured to the shank of the hook,the skirt also including longitudinally curved streamers which in movingthrough the water will be agitated in a greater manner than straightsteamers.

With the above and other objects in View, an invention consists in thearrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in thedrawing and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a casting lure constructed accordingto this invention with the streamers thereof partially fragmentated,

Figure 2 is a plan view of a blank for the skirt and streamers,

Figure 3 is a plan view of the blank in its rolled condition from whichthe skirt and streamers are formed,

Figure 4 is a transverse section taken on line 44 of Figure 1,

Figure 5 is a transverse enlarged section taken on line 55 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral II] designates generally thecasting lure device of this invention comprised of a body or tailsection II and a hook I2. The device Ii] is formed with the tail sectionI I disposed on a hook I2 and is adapted for being drawn through the,water at the end of a fishing line (not shown). Hook I2 is ofconventional type having a shank I3 formed with an eye portion orattaching portion It at one end and a barb I5 at the opposite end.

The tail section II is preferably formed of rubber or elastic materialand may be made from a blank I6, as shown in Figure 2. The blank 16 isformed as a fiat elongated strip of rubber-like material, cut inwardlyfrom the outer edges toward the center in reverse arcuate sections toprovide Wave-like streamers II which extend outwardly at each side froma fiat central portion I8. Blank I6 is then rolled transversely uponitself as best illustrated in Figure 2. A transversely disposed hole isformed through the rolled blank centrally of the center section I8 as atl9 through Which the hook I2 is longitudinally pulled until the centerportion I8 reaches a point on shank l3 near the upper end thereof andadjacent the eye portion I 4 as shown in Figure 1.

The rolled tail section I I is then folded to each side and downwardlyof the shank I3 to form the rolled center section [8 as an invertedU-shaped section 28 having a bight portion 2| disposed on the shank soas to form a skirt with streamers ll dependently hanging therefrom andaround the hook to cover and conceal the lower or barbed end [5.

In Figure 1 the streamers I! are shown cut short or fragmentated forpurposes of illustration, however, it is to be understood that theyshould be formed of sufficient length to extend below the hook barb I5when mounted on shank I3 as shown. A small rubber cord or band 22 isplaced to encircle the section 20 below the bight portion 2| forfrictionally securing the tail section II to the hook I2.

It is understood that one or more of the blanks it may be rolledtogether before folding to provide for a larger number of streamers llon the hook,

and certain of the streamers may be of a shorter length than those ofother blanks.

Streamers ll, having a wavy configuration, provide a wiggling efiect onthe lure that simulates the movement of a minnow or other small fish asthe lure is drawn through the water in casting or trolling.

It is to be understood that the rubber skirt of this invention may bemanufactured and sold independently of the hook and may be attached toother types of fish lures and rubber cement or other cementitiousmaterial may be used for fastening a number of the skirts together.

What I claim is:

1. In a fish lure, a tail section for concealing a hook comprising aflexible inverted U-shaped center skirt portion being in the form of aroll and streamers extending from the opposite ends of said skirt, saidskirt portion being formed with a central opening through which theshank of the hook is adapted to be passed, and a flexible member aboutsaid opposite ends and said shank for securing said streamers in hookconcealing position.

2. In a fish lure having a hook formed with a shank anda barb; a tailsection for concealing the hook comprising a U-shaped flexible centerskirt portion being in the form of a roll, a plurality of longitudinallywaved elongated streamers extending from each of the opposite ends ofsaid rolled skirt portion, an opening formed through the bight of saidskirt portion adapted 3 to receive the hook shank therein with saidopposite ends extending in the direction of the barb, and a. resilientmember engaging about said opposite ends and. the shank for securingsaid streamers in hook concealing position.

WILLIAM M. GAMBILL.

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